antemundane

English

Alternative forms

• ante-mundane

Etymology

From ante- +‎ mundane.

Adjective

antemundane (not comparable)

1. Being or occurring prior to the creation of the world.
   • 1933, Clark Ashton Smith, Ubbo-Sathla:

     Again he became the sorcerer Zon Mezzamalech in Mhu Thulan; again he dreamt to retrieve the wisdom of the antemundane gods […]